All_Ireland_Colleges_Camogie_Championship

All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship

All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship

Camogie championship


The All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championships are a range of Irish camogie tournaments played each year to determine the national champion secondary school or second level college at senior and junior level over a range of grades.[1][2]

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Since 1969 these competitions have been administered by the Secondary Education committee of the Camogie Association. The record holders in the Senior 'A' competition are Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny The current holders of the cup are Loreto Secondary School Kilkenny having defeated Ursuline Thurles in the 2024 final.

Graded Competitions

There are graded competitions for colleges at three different levels. In the 2011 All-Ireland Senior B final Grennan College, Thomastown (4-10) defeated St Louis, Ballymena (3-3) in Trim. In the 2011 All-Ireland Senior C final Castlecomer Community School (Kilkenny) (4-2) defeated St Pius X College Magherafelt (2-5) in Trim, Co Meath.

Trophy

The trophy for the Senior 'A' competition is the Corn Sceilge in honour of Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1872-1959) (known as Sceilg, an acronym of his name in Irish: Seán S. Ó Ceallaigh), one of the members of the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League that participated in the first Camogie matches in 1904.

Participation Levels

There are 300 secondary schools participating in camogie competitions throughout Ireland and the Women in Sport projects run since 2004 have helped increase the number of secondary schools playing camogie.[3] Competitions are run on a provincial basis with provincial winners progressing to All-Ireland semi-finals and finals at both junior (1st - 3rd year) and senior (4th - 6th year) level.

Schools Camogie Highlights

Prior to the establishment of an All-Ireland competition in 1969, colleges competitions had been organized in Cork in 1914 and Dublin in 1919. Dublin and Cork colleges played an annual inter-city fixture. Dublin schools teams also participated in the Dublin league against club sides.

In the inaugural competition in 1969, Presentation Secondary School, Kilkenny defeated St Michael's, Lurgan by 5-0 to 2-2 in the first All-Ireland semi-final and in the final defeated St Aloysius, Cork, who had defeated St. Mary's, Tuam in the other semi-final. All-Ireland finals were held at Croke Park until 1981. The first midweek final took place in 1998 at The Ragg in Thurles, the first sportsfield to be designated exclusively for camogie fixtures. Eileen O’Brien from St Mary's, Charleville won nine All-Ireland colleges medals, one junior, four senior and four seven-a-side colleges medals. She scored 0-11 in the 1995 final when she was 14.

Interprovincial

A colleges inter-provincial series has been played intermittently since 1979. The inaugural competition was won by Munster, defeating Connacht by 5-5 to 3-3 in the final with the help of a winning goal by Majella Hallinan.

Senior 'A' Roll of Honour

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All-Ireland Senior 'A' Colleges Camogie Finals

The first figure is the number of goals scored (equal to 3 points each) and the second total is the number of points scored, the figures are combined to determine the winner of a match in Gaelic Games

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All-Ireland Senior B Colleges Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Senior C Colleges Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Senior D Colleges Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Junior Colleges 'A' Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Junior B Colleges Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Junior C Colleges Camogie Finals

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All-Ireland Junior D Colleges Camogie Finals

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References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  2. Pádraig Puirséil: Scéal na Camógaíochta (1984)
  3. 2010 Loreto Kilkenny 2-5 Blackwater CS Lismore 1-7 report in Irish Independent
  4. 2011 final Loreto Kilkenny 4-10 St Patrick’s College, Maghera 1-6 report on camogie.ie
  5. "Camogie: St Brigid's capture All-Ireland PPS crown". hoganstand.com. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  6. "St Brigids College Loughrea All Ireland Senior A Camogie College Champions 2016". discoverloughrea.com. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  7. "Super Loreto Kilkenny charge to huge win". Kilkenny People. 11 March 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  8. 2011 Senior B Grennan College 4-9 St Louis 3-3 report on camogie.ie
  9. 2011 final Castlecomer CS 4-2 St Pius X, Magherafelt 2-5 report on camogie.ie
  10. "Convent of Mercy are All-Ireland champs again". Roscommon People. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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